Platform-Max
Discovery Policy
8-Link Chassis
Discovery Policy
4-Link Chassis
Discovery
Policy
2-Link Chassis
Discovery
Policy
1-Link Chassis
Discovery
Policy
Number of
Links Wired
for the Chassis
Ifthe IOM has4
links,the chassis is
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand added
tothe CiscoUCS
domainas a chassis
wiredwith 4 links.
Ifthe IOM has8
links,the chassis is
notfully
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Manager.
Chassiscannot be
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand is not
addedto the Cisco
UCSdomain.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with4 link.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with2 links.
Afterinitial
discovery,
reacknowledge
thechassis and
CiscoUCS
Manager
recognizesand
usesthe
additional
links.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with1 link.
Afterinitial
discovery,
reacknowledge
thechassis and
CiscoUCS
Manager
recognizesand
usesthe
additional
links.
4links
betweenIOM
andfabric
interconnects
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand added
tothe CiscoUCS
domainas a chassis
wiredwith 8 links.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand added
tothe CiscoUCS
domainas a chassis
wiredwith 8 links.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with4 links.
Afterinitial
discovery,
reacknowledge
thechassis and
CiscoUCS
Manager
recognizesand
usesthe
additional
links.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with2 links.
Afterinitial
discovery,
reacknowledge
thechassis and
CiscoUCS
Manager
recognizesand
usesthe
additional
links.
Chassisis
discoveredby
CiscoUCS
Managerand
addedto the
CiscoUCS
domainas a
chassiswired
with1 link.
Afterinitial
discovery,
reacknowledge
thechassis and
CiscoUCS
Manager
recognizesand
usesthe
additional
links.
8links
betweenIOM
andfabric
interconnects
Link Grouping
Forhardware configurations that support fabric port channels,link grouping determines whether all of the
linksfrom the IOM to the fabric interconnect are grouped into a fabric port channel during chassis discovery.
Ifthe link groupingpreference is set to port channel, all of the links from the IOM to the fabric interconnect
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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